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People close to Shepherd have known for months she was ready to go, sources say

Barbara Walters bid farewell to "The View" last month

Co-host Jenny McCarthy tweets: "If Sherri goes... I go too"

Sherri Shepherd is leaving the daytime talk show "The View," sources close to her told CNN on Thursday.

Producers and people close to Shepherd have known for months that she was ready to go, they said, adding that Shepherd kept the news quiet because she didn't want to upstage or disrupt Barbara Walters' retirement.